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Make your users do the work
The belief that products should always be as easy to use as possible is a sacred cow of Read More
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Netflix debuts ‘Just for Kids’ option on Xbox
Netflix has found its product to compete with Nick Jr or The Disney Channel with its new “Just Read More
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26% of Americans access social networks on mobile
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Realtime launches with $100M to create “live Web”
Obviously, the main advantage of new media companies that utilize the Web—like Groupon, Yelp, or even our own Read More
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Starbucks to accept Square payments in 7,000 US spots
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How Sports Infects Your Brain
How Sports Infect Your Brain by Nir Eyal in Users Note: I co-authored this post with Andrew Martin and David Ngo. It originally Read More
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Consumer gift service FreeMonee lands $34M VC round
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Facebook’s first gambling game debuts in the UK
Let the Facebook gambling begin — well at least in the UK. Online gambling operator Gamesys worked Read More
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Family Village brings genealogy to a Sims-like world
One day in middle school, my history teacher assigned the class to go home and create a family Read More
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ShoeDazzle snaps up 1M new members in one month
The women of the world just can’t seem to get enough indulgence from their shoes. From shopping at Read More
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SecondMarket’s transactions up 27% H1 2012
If you are anything like me, you didn’t even know how hot the SecondMarket was until everyone was Read More
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Twitter excitement bubbles up crowd-sourcing NASA idea
Twitter has become a universal barometer for what the world is paying attention to in popular culture. We Read More
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TuneIn pockets $16M for mobile radio offerings
A radio application, TuneIn, announced Monday that it raised $16 million in new funding to help build out Read More
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LinkedIn punches above its weight
No doubt. LinkedIn has been a standout compared to its high-profile social Internet brethren, which the market has Read More